He shuts his eyes, kneading at his forehead and pinching the bridge of his nose. His injured foot taps its sandal-clad toes on the floor a few times, agitated. The shards and dust all bounce in time to it, seeping back towards him as if by a slow gravitational pull. ]
I can bring my own accommodations too. But is it really so close now you can't make a little excursion?
[This is the tricky bit of precognitive abilities. You get to take a peeksie at what’s to come, but your peeksie lacks a timestamp. Taneleer doesn’t know exactly when or how long he’ll have, before the inevitable should come to his doorstep, but the one thing that he knows for certain is that he can’t involve his Elder Brother with this.
The ancient resettles himself where he sits, shifting his weight into his chair and relying less on his own strength to support himself.] I don’t know. There, see that. I’m playing the game correctly now. [Albeit with a wordier answer, but this follows to the spirit of the rules more or less. Because they’re totally still playing.] Has Topaz gone somewhere you can’t reach her?
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[ Once he'd made some arrangements here, maybe.
He shuts his eyes, kneading at his forehead and pinching the bridge of his nose. His injured foot taps its sandal-clad toes on the floor a few times, agitated. The shards and dust all bounce in time to it, seeping back towards him as if by a slow gravitational pull. ]
I can bring my own accommodations too. But is it really so close now you can't make a little excursion?
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The ancient resettles himself where he sits, shifting his weight into his chair and relying less on his own strength to support himself.] I don’t know. There, see that. I’m playing the game correctly now. [Albeit with a wordier answer, but this follows to the spirit of the rules more or less. Because they’re totally still playing.] Has Topaz gone somewhere you can’t reach her?